Local Headlines
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Firstbank Corp. earnings lower on loan loss provisions
Thursday | via Ann Arbor News
With a stiff increase in provisions to cover loan losses at a bank acquired a year ago, Alma-based Firstbank Corp.
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Sunday Jul 20 | via Morning Sun
The outlook remains bleak for the central Michigan real estate market as Realtors try to explain to their sellers just exactly what they can do to sell their homes.
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Planners deny government building review
Thursday Jul 10 | via Morning Sun
Mt. Pleasant City Planners denied J. E. Johnson, Inc.'s site plan review for construction of a government building where the developer is supposed to be building condominiums adjacent to the Bordon Building ...
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Foreclosures increase with slow economy
Jun 3, 2008 | via Central Michigan Life
Through May 2008, Isabella County has foreclosed on 92 homes. In 2007, the county foreclosed on a total of 198 homes and 121 in 2006.
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Saginaw County population slide continues
Mar 21, 2008 | via Saginaw News
Michael A. Doyle looked far and wide for a law enforcement job in Michigan. When he found none, he headed west to the wide open spaces of Wyoming.
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Regional Headlines
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For the economy, finally some news not half bad
21 min ago | via Log Cabin Democrat
For the economy, finally some news not half bad By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half ...
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Detroit Community Comes Out to Support Rubie Curl-Pinkins in Foreclosure Struggle
19 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire
Michigan foeclosures: Moratorium struggle builds, activists plan to stop eviction By Kris Hamel Detroit Published Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM Organizers with the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and ...
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County's No. 1, No. 2 real estate firms to make state's biggest real estate office
20 hrs ago | via Ann Arbor News
Friday, July 25, 2008 BY LISA CAROLIN The two largest real estate companies in Livingston County are merging and will become what principals are describing as the largest single real estate office in Michigan.
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New home sales drop fall less than expected
22 hrs ago | via San Francisco Examiner
Jul 25, 2008 10:16 AM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP A public auction sign is seen in front of a farmhouse Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Buckingham, Pa.
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Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed
Yesterday | via MSN Money
Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.
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National Headlines
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U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill
7 min ago | via RedOrbit
The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.
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7 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM
U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.
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Bill heads to Bush for signature
7 min ago | via WLOS
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.
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Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks
8 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson
Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.
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Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature
8 min ago | via Examiner.com
Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.
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